Former Etan Patz suspect freed in Pa., held again

Published 10:03 pm, Wednesday, November 7, 2012

The Pennsylvania State Correctional Institute is shown, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Dallas, Pa. Jose Ramos, a man long considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz more than three decades ago was released from the Pennsylvania prison on Wednesday then immediately arrested on a Megan's Law violation, state police said. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

PHILADELPHIA — New York City police say a man long considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of a 6-year-old boy decades ago has been released from a Pennsylvania prison but immediately rearrested because he gave authorities an invalid address for where he'd be staying.

Jose Antonio Ramos was taken into custody Wednesday by Pennsylvania state police and New York City police.

Police say he told them he would live at his cousin's home in the Bronx but no apartment there is registered to him or his cousin. The cousin tells police she moved and won't let Ramos live with her.

Ramos has been suspected in the disappearance of Etan Patz, who vanished May 25, 1979. He has denied any involvement. Another man has since been arrested.